Steve Donovan, Western Marshal

Steve Donovan, Western Marshal is a 1955-1956 syndicated western television series starring Douglas Kennedy as Marshal Steve Donovan and Eddy Waller as his sidekick, Rusty Lee. The series, set in Wyoming, was also broadcast under the title Western Marshal.^[1]

Steve Donovan was a Jack Chertok Production filmed at Hal Roach Studios in Culver City, California.

Years after Steve Donovan, Douglas Kennedy played Sheriff Fred Madden on ABC's The Big Valley.

List of episodes

• "The Midnight Election" (September 24, 1955)
• "The Deputy" (October 1)
• "Plague Town" (October 8)
• "Crooked Star" (October 15)
• "Special Delivery" (October 22)
• "Terror Town" (October 29)
• "The Schoolteacher" (November 5)
• "Sketch Artist" (November 12)
• "Ghost Town" (November 19)
• "Journey Into Danger" (November 26)
• "The People's Choice" (December 3)
• "Outlaw Actor" (December 10)
• "Napoleon's Eagle" (December 17)
• "Two Men Out" (December 24)
• "Mystery Canyon" (December 31)
• "Crisis at Canyonville" (January 7, 1956)
• "Comanche Kid" (January 14)
• "Journey to Justice" (January 21)
• "Medicine Man" - Steve and Rusty encounter a bitter doctor irate over past injustices. (January 28)
• "Unbranded" (February 4)
• "Decision at Noon" (February 11)
• "Missouri Outlaw" (February 18) - Rusty poses as a cattle buyer seeking to lure the Cantrell gang into a trap.
• "Stone River" - Steve and Rusty pursue counterfeiters operating near a border town. (February 25)
• "A Pair of Jacks" (March 3)
• "Crystal Gazers" - Rusty studies ventriloquy when he investigates a murder. (March 10)
• "The Imposters" - An Indian raid on a United States Army wagon inflames tensions. Steve and Rusty investigate to determine if white men disguised as Indians may have committed the raid. (March 17)
• "Outlaw's Boy" - Steve and Rusty break up the Yarbo gang but find themselves responsible for a 16-year-old boy. (March 24)
• "The Hope Chest" - A boy finds a bag of money in his late father's possessions. (March 31)
• "The Coward" - A convicted murderer escapes from prison obsessed with finding the men responsible for his incarcertation, including Steve. (April 7)
• "Gunfighter's Return" (April 14)
• "Widow's Warrant" (April 21)
• "Green Star" (April 28)
• "White Cloud" (May 5)
• "The General" (May 12)
• "Shadow of Fear" (May 19)
• "The Border Shift" (May 26)
• "Shadow Gold" (June 2)
• "Poison Trail" - Steve and Rusty find a dying boy who insists that he has been framed for murder and poisoned. (June 9)
• "Trail of the Dude" - Series finale: In an attempt to locate an outlaw gang, Steve and Rusty follow one of its members recently released from prison. The man is killed before he can lead the officers to the hideout of the gang. (June 16)^[2]

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